damn someone or something with faint praise

damn (someone or something) with faint praise

To criticize or undermine someone or something by showing a lack of enthusiasm. I needed you to support me in there! The committee probably won't approve of my research project now that you've damned it with faint praise.

damn someone or something with faint praise

praise someone or something so unenthusiastically as to imply condemnation.

This expression comes from the poet Alexander Pope's ‘Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot’ ( 1735 ): ‘Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer’.

1994 Canadian Defence Quarterly True there is the occasional condescending nod to those who served, but this frequently amounts to damning with faint praise.

See also: damn, faint, praise, someone, something

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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释义	damn someone or something with faint praise damn (someone or something) with faint praise To criticize or undermine someone or something by showing a lack of enthusiasm. I needed you to support me in there! The committee probably won't approve of my research project now that you've damned it with faint praise. See also: damn, faint, praise Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. damn someone or something with faint praise praise someone or something so unenthusiastically as to imply condemnation. This expression comes from the poet Alexander Pope's ‘Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot’ ( 1735 ): ‘Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer’. 1994 Canadian Defence Quarterly True there is the occasional condescending nod to those who served, but this frequently amounts to damning with faint praise. See also: damn, faint, praise, someone, something Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: damn (someone or something) with faint praise damn somebody/something with faint praise damn someone/something with faint praise damn with faint praise the knives are out be soft on (someone) strain at a gnat and swallow a camel strain at gnats and swallow camels
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